On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >Make your own:
> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
> >
> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>
> John Kuthe...

Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.